-One of our finest living authors - propulsively entertaining- New York Times''Sly, profound - Electrifying'' Observer-Wonderfully strange and alive- Jon McGregorA propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons EndFabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agn- receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised - the place that Fabienne helped Agn-escape ten years ago. Now, Agn-is free to tell her story.As children in a backwater town, they-d built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves - until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agn-on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss.-Beguiling - A shimmering, unsettling tale of exploitation and manipulation- Daily Mail-Haunting and strange - Li has made her style her own- Tessa Hadley, Guardian-A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout- Charlotte Mendelson, author
